Medicon Valley Patent Guide

Medicon Valley Patent Guide (October 2002) provides information on:

• Why patent?
• What protection does a patent provide?
• Criteria for patentability
• What can be patented?
• How the invention can be exploited commercially
• When and how to draft and file a patent application?
• Patent application drafting and prosecution
• Disclosure of an invention
• Differences between Europe and USA
• Strategic use of a patent
• What is a patent license?
• Litigation Insurance

and also

• Patent experts and authorities in Medicon Valley

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Additional sections (the sections below are not included in the printed version of the Medicon Valley Patent Guide)

Chapter 3 - Criteria for patentability
Explicit and implicit disclosure
When is a species really novel
Novelty and implicit prior description
Assessment of inventive step (part 2)
Obvious to try versus reasonable expectation of success
Problem and solution approach
Hindsight knowledge

Chapter 6 - When and how to draft and file a patent application?
Paris Convention
Claims must be clear and concise
Structure of patent claims

Chapter 7 Patent application drafting and prosecution:
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)